The Process of Formation of Image of Japan based on the War Memories of the Ex-POWs and their families : the analysis of the discourse with the gender factor

本研究以战俘及其家属在战时和战后的经历为基础，调查了日本形象的形成过程。我对各种战俘、他们的妻子、寡妇和女儿进行了口述历史。这使我们对战俘经历的创伤家庭遗产有了更深入的了解，尤其是在女儿身上。妻子和寡妇的话语有时会支持，有时会削弱战俘本身的英雄故事。这项研究的价值不仅在于罕见的采访、口述证词、战争中被遗忘部分的声音，还在于对口述历史本身的方法论的仔细分析。我调查了口述历史的历史，并对“口述证词”的有效性进行了一些研究。样本DVD中看到的录音声音将作为档案保存在冈山大学，需要更多时间进行转录和编目。

This research has investigated the process of the formation of Image of Japan based on the experience of the Prisoners-of-Wars' and their families, during and post-war period. I had conducted the oral history of various POWs, their wives, widows, and daughters. This led us to the deeper insight of the family legacy of trauma of the POWs' experience, particularly seen amongst the daughters. The wives' and the widows' discourse occasionally support, and sometimes undermine the heroic stories of the POWs themselves.The research is both valuable due to the rare interviews, oral testimonies, voices of the forgotten part of the war, and also due to the close analysis of the methodology of the oral history itself. I have investigated the history of Oral history, and gave some research on the validity of the 'oral testimony'.The recorded voice, which is seen in the sample DVD, will be held at Okayama University as an archive, which need some more time to be transcribed and catalogued.